Navigate around Shorne Woods Country Park

Welcome to Shorne Woods Country Park Permanent Orienteering course. With its eco-friendly visitor centre and restaurant, fishing lakes, trim trail and picnic and play areas – not to mention 292 acres of beautiful woodlands, wetlands and meadows to explore – Shorne Woods Country Park has everything you need to spend a day enjoying the best of Kent’s countryside.

Orienteering is the sport of competitive navigation, across country on foot. Using a specially drawn map and a compass, orienteers try to find their way as quickly as they can between control points. Because the skill is finding the best route, it is a sport which is enjoyed by all ages.

These permanent orienteering courses, marked by fixed posts in the ground or plaques attached to park equipment, offer you the chance to try out the sport in a fun way without any competition. They also offer a fun way of exploring the area and offer many new experiences and views of the woods.

The fixed posts are identified by an alphabetical letter which helps to confirm where you are on the map and, in addition, we give you a printed description of the
ground feature where the post is sited.

We offer you three suggested courses which all start and finish at the park centre and marked by a RED TRIANGLE on the map.

SHORT (Easy 1.9 km)
Start, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Finish
MEDIUM (Moderate difficulty 3.0 km)
Start, 14, 1, 16, 3, 5, 18, 20, 21, 8, 9, Finish
LONGER (More difficult 4.3 km)
Start, 8, 7, 10, 21, 20, 19, 17, 5, 16, 1, 15, 23, 24, 25, 9, Finish
The short course is recommended for beginners and when you wish to progress in distance and difficulty move on to the medium and longer courses.